Johnny’s Resilience and Ability to Stand up for Himself

I am very fortunate to have such wonderful and forgiving children. Some of them are, anyway. I’m talking about my step-children, although I never considered them steps. They’ve always just been my kids with the other three. In 2010, when the family disintegrated, I did not do things the way a good parent would have. I was shocked, blindsided, hurt, and had been fed so many lies by John that I believed the lies and thought the truth was a lie. I hurt my step-children. I called them names. I yelled and asked them why they were doing this to us and asked how they could do this to their own father.

Fast forward, they were doing what I taught them to do. They were standing up for themselves and the truth even though they were standing up against their father and I. I’m very proud of them for that. It…